MoE survey reveals disparity between students registered on SWAYAM and those receiving certificates- Education News
The latest survey by the Ministry of Education (MoE) reveals that between the January and July 2021 sessions of SWAYAM portal, three crore students registered for various courses, while 11.3 lakh students received certificates.
Experts opine that the disparity in these numbers is due to candidates treating the courses as stepping stones to address their learning gaps rather than completing all modules to earn credits. However, the implementation of the credit transfer system is set to change this scenario.
Ramkrishna Pasumarthy, coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Madras reveals the growth in registrations from July 2021 to January 2022 SWAYAM sessions at the NPTEL centre. “July 2021 saw 17.2 lakh student enrolment, which increased to 21.62 lakh in January 2022. Exam registrations rose from 2.53 lakh for the July 2021 semester to 3.69 lakh for the January 2022 semester.
The number of courses on offer also increased from 524 (July 2021) to 593 (January 2022),” he says. While he considers digital divide and language barriers as the two biggest challenges facing SWAYAM courses, Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman, AICTE, says otherwise. “The government is working to expand the digital scope from 2.5 lakh villages to all six lakh villages soon. Further, we have already translated most available study material to 11 languages, including Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Odia, and Punjabi,” he says. For video lectures, subtitles in these languages are being made available, says Pasumarthy.
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